moonpeep wrote:
On the d800 does the 14-24 focus at a hard-stop infinity? How easy is it to set it and forget it? (I do realize that wide angles aren't too finicky this way, nevertheless, still like a hard-stop infinity)

bump... any comments on this? Never have heard.

Not on this lens. And, with my experimenting the point of perfect focus varies between f/stops...

I find it to be a phenomenal lens at every FL on the D800e. However I do almost exclusively focus manually in LV. Typically I find you need to ensure focus is sharp on the edges and the rest takes care of itself for a max DOF landscape. I find the AF inaccurate when I've tried focussing on a near subject for shallow DOF, say, but am told it's 'within spec'. It really is a fabulous lens though.

I was not so impressed at my 14-24 on my D800e but after AF adjust (15 points) it's superb. As others have mentioned, using LV is a great way to be sure of perfect focus but anyway, I just wanted to add that it's a great combination.